Oscars 2017: Moonlight Wins Best Picture after "La La Land" Mixup

Moonlight, The Winner of Best Picture in 89th Oscars

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony took place on February 26, 2017. Damien Chazelle’s La La Land is one of the most noticeable films undoubtedly, which won the most awards of the ceremony with six after receiving a record-tying 14 nominations, including Best Director (Damien Chazelle) and Best Actress (Emma Stone), Best Cinematography, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Production Design.

La La Land also had been expected to win the top prize, the Best Picture, and it seems to have got it, but two minutes after it was named best picture, there was a twist ending: one of La La Land's producers, Jordan Horowitz, had to break the news.

"There's a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture," Horowitz said. He added, "This is not a joke."

Moonlight ultimately took that prize after the award was mistakenly given to “La La Land” first. It is a surprise but meaningful twist, and Moonlight deserves the prize. Except the Best Picture, Moonlight also is the winner of Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

After two straight years of making nominations that lacked people of color in an acting category, this year, it seems to have turned the tide. Moonlight became the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBT film, and the second lowest-grossing film domestically (behind The Hurt Locker) to win the Best Picture award.

The film is written by Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney based on the previously unpublished play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by McCraney. With all feature mostly black characters, it presents three stages in the life of the main character. It explores the difficulties he faces with his own sexuality and identity, including the physical and emotional abuse he receives as a result of it.

List of Winners in 89th Oscars

Except Moonlight and La La Land, there are also some other great films in 89th Oscars you should know:

Best Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”

Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”

Best Sound Editing: “Arrival”

Best Sound Mixing: “Hacksaw Ridge”

Best Film Editing: “Hacksaw Ridge”

Best Costume Design: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

Best Foreign Language Film: “The Salesman”

Best Live Action Short Film: “Sing”

Best Animated Feature Film: “Zootopia”

Best Animated Short Film: “Piper”

Best Documentary Feature: “O.J.: Made in America”

Best Documentary Short Subject: “The White Helmets”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “Suicide Squad”

Best Visual Effects: “The Jungle Book”

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